Shai Ofek, Lead Technical Product Manager for Microsoft, provides insights on Windows Server* 2008 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager and server virtualization with Hyper-V at the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series launch event.
Microsoft and Intel Virtualization
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What power efficiency does the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series offer for the energy industry? These slides set the stage for a roundtable discussion on that topic plus the ROI of a high performance computing refresh.
Power Efficiency of the Intel Xeon 5500
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These slides provided the basis for a roundtable discussion on the impact of new Intel server processor and virtualization technology on servers, workstations and clients.
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Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 series are next-generation quad-core processors targeted at the two-socket server space and will be the common building block across a number of IBM platforms according to this white paper from IBM. This brief details how memory configuration can affect the performance of these systems. (more…)
At the recent Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series launch event, Don Tyson, Chief Technology Officer with SunGard, describes his company’s experience with new servers based on this processor. Tyson documents the performance gains for the various SunGard mission critical banking solutions. (more…)
Drawing from his book The Green and Virtual Data Center, StorageIO Group Founder and Senior Analyst Greg Schulz talks about the most significant issues facing IT in terms of “greening” the data center. He explains the energy savings mode of the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series as well as illustrating the differences between energy efficiency and energy avoidance in the new processor.
Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst with StorageIO Group, discusses the new data center architecture and how the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series fits into that architecture offering efficiencies in terms of energy efficiency and in terms of getting more work done in a shorter period of time with a smaller footprint.
Get the latest snapshot of the newest Intel® Xeon® processors for servers. This updated version of the Intel server roadmap presentation comes with a much-requested feature by our members — a voiceover commentary. (more…)
Kx Systems has worked closely with Intel to run a series of performance tests on the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 Series based upon the next-generation Intel® Microarchitecture, codenamed Nehalem, and has confirmed major improvements in speed. Read the details in Wall Street & Technology.
Arizona Public Service (APS) is continually looking for new technologies that can contribute to the bottom line and to energy sustainability. The company’s IT group is no exception and is working to reduce power use and costs both in the data center and at the desktop. To reduce power usage, the IT team decided to acquire new desktops and laptops with energy-saving Intel® processor technology as part of the company’s hardware refresh program. In the data center, the APS IT team decided to save energy by consolidating its servers onto fewer, more powerful machines. Read about their ROI and the other ways APS IT measures success. (more…)